Post your best Black and White Photo

Thank, David! Before I went with the default HTML. So I will try the BBCode this time. I see my first try went from a teeny photo to a link. Will all posted photos be links now? Should I still be choosing Medium 640 in flickr? :confused:

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IMG_8156 by Denise Trocio, on Flickr

Ooooo, in preview 640 looks good and I like that it puts my name and flickr reference on the bottom of the photo. :cool:
Now lets see how it looks after I hit the reply button ...

Looks great Denise! I love the Black and White on the last shot;)
Flickr BBcode 640pixels wide seems to be a perfect fit:D

Thanks, Jan ...aka Sheiky! :)

I do not think I have ever posted in the Black and White thread. So here is my attempt.

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6206/...f1e43231_b.jpg
7D, 24-105mm f/4L @ 24mm, f/5.6, 1/50 sec, ISO 100

@Pat, nice moody B&W.
@Denise, now that is art, lovely conversion.

Thank you, Steve!

A few months ago, many, many trees were lost along the shoreline of Lake Michigan during a violent wind storm. This one is slightly damaged but it is one of the few still standing.

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I'm still standing by Denise Trocio, on Flickr

Love the sky in this one Denise and the tortured branches struggling to survive.

Something from the backyard, haven't been snapping much lately, with summer coming on, I am really tied to the garden for a while.
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Nice B&W conversion of the rose, Steve. Yeah, I've been tied to my garden lately also ...protecting the roots of my roses with leaves and covering them with cones! :(

Another shot of Brody ...

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Brody_BW by Denise Trocio, on Flickr

Really nice portrait this one Denise, your B&W's have lifted to another level.
Steve

Thank you, Steve! :o

Beautiful capture Denise

Wally

Long hot afternoon, plenty of cool drinks and a pogo stick. A recipe for fun and camera opportunities.
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Great shot Steve! The B+W suits this one perfectly, I like it!

Thanks Jan, here is another one that I think is worth the B&W conversion.
The Hoedown
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Fun shot. Great use of B&W. :)

Great timing! All their expressions are perfect! Good job Steve.

I love the B&W hoedown shot, Steve!! Very nice capture!

Denise

Went for a walk with my grand daughters around Lillydale Lake and took a snap shot of the girls enjoying themselves.

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Cute picture. It is one of those that gives you a good feeling inside.

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Went for a walk with my grand daughters around Lillydale Lake and took a snap shot of the girls enjoying themselves.

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Great shot Wally, it does indeed look like good times.

By the way, if you upload a photo from your computer you can scale it larger by clicking on the photo and changing the image settings. That would be easier to view. Just a tip:)

Thank you for the comments.
@Wally, great shot mate, I agree with Pat it is a thought provoking image, lovely feel to it.

Thanks for your comments guys...Jan thanks for the photo upload tip.

Wally

Thought the shadows on this bike path bridge were worth playing with.

http://www.pbase.com/dtburkett/image...1791/large.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/dtburkett/image...1792/large.jpg

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This old barn sits in the middle of a residential and retail area. Sort of the last vestige of days gone by.

http://www.pbase.com/dtburkett/image...3076/large.jpg

Lovely image Don, what a good find, derelict buildings are perfect for B&W.

Thanks Steve, not completely happy with this, but it's a start. It's a neat old barn that is worthy of some additional exploration.

Here are two picture's I recently took while visiting the U.S.S. Alabama BB-60 in Mobile, AL.

The photo were taken with my Nikon 3000, I edited the photo's with Photoscape to give them appearance of pictures from World War 2.

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Here are two picture's I recently took while visiting the U.S.S. Alabama BB-60 in Mobile, AL.

The photo were taken with my Nikon 3000, I edited the photo's with Photoscape to give them appearance of pictures from World War 2.

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Great shots Lancer, the second is my favorite. Great composition. I like the effect too, well done.

Damian

Well composed and nice effect, Lancer. I like them.

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Here are two picture's I recently took while visiting the U.S.S. Alabama BB-60 in Mobile, AL.

The photo were taken with my Nikon 3000, I edited the photo's with Photoscape to give them appearance of pictures from World War 2.

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That's just a few minutes from my house! I wish I had known you'd be in the area. Would have been nice to meet a fellow photography enthusiast from TDP.

Love the second shot, too. We've lived here for six years and haven't actually ever been on the ship (I know, shame on me), but this makes me want to go, and take my camera.

This morning's combination of fog and frost made it interesting...

http://www.pbase.com/dtburkett/image.../medium.jpg%20

If you don't have good light, I guess really bad light can work as well.
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Thanks everyone for the compliments. I am pretty new to photography but really enjoy taking photo's like those I have posted.

I wish I could have more time to take photo's but the weather was awful and we only had a few minutes between down pours.

HifiGuy1 you really should go and check it out. A lot of the ship open to public giving an anyone a lot of different types of shots.

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Beautiful B&W's on this page, nice ships Lancer and those old barns have that special eeriness and desolation in that light Don.
@Mark, great portrait, really like the composition and the controlled use of the back lighting and flare, nice loving feel to this shot.

Thanks Steve :-) Although the shot was planned, with the sun so prominent in the frame I had to do some PP-Kung Foo to get the look I liked!

Thanks Steve, honestly, I like them better full size than in web presentation, but overall I was happy with them.

My son Mitch, spent some time together over the break, taught him how to make pizzas from scratch, gave him a pizza maker and all the associated utensils and ingredients. Good times.
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Bernie, my uncle, retired cattleman, but he still lives on a farm, so he is still workin'.
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Bernie by Steve's Life, on Flickr[/img]

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Steve

I'm keeping this thread moving all by myself.
Another from the wedding I shot.
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T&M_105 by Steve's Life, on Flickr[/img]
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Steve